Hostel Linda City Centre - Amsterdam, Netherlands

Hostel Linda is alright for a couple of nights stay. The beds were comfortable, but I heard that the room across the hall had mold in the ceilings. I booked last minute, so I feel I over paid for what I got. The doors are really squeeky, and you have to mountain climb up like 5 flights of steep stairs if the lift breaks...which it did. But I met really great people, and had a good time. Amsterdam will be worth it no matter where you stay.

Just an OK place, a little bit away from the city centre, but isn't really a problem. The real "hostel" room in the hotel doesn't includes breakfast. 10 beds to one bedroom can be a little problematic, but when I'd stayed there, the room wasn't full

I recently stayed at Hostel Linda City Centre for six nights, and it was a decent stay all in all. I've stayed at 1 other hostel previously, so that is the background I'm talking from. I'll try to address some of the information and experiences given in other reviews. Basic information: The room I was staying in was 502, which is located one floor down from the reception, in the basement. It has 10 beds, one window to the street, its own bathroom and its own toilet. (two separate facilities) It also had 10 lockers - some of which were faulty - and a functional television. The window worked, and it could be opened. Food: The breakfast costs 5 EUR. I never used that offer, so I have no idea about the quality of that. I'm vegan and there's a Maoz 50 meters away from the hostel, as well as an Albert Heijn and a Lidl (stores), so that was convenient. Arrival / Price: Upon arrival you pay 5% city tax on top of the price, which, apparently, is standard practice. I wish this information was more visible upfront. Aside from that you pay a 10 EUR deposit for a keycard for the door, which you will get back upon checkout. Keycard: This keycard stopped functioning twice during my stay, and I had to go to the counter to get if fixed. It took little time to do so, but it was still rather annoying. Location: If you just want to shop and visit coffee shops the location is not ideal for you, but in my case I liked being out of the centre and being equally close to the east and the west side of the city, as I went there more to explore the city in general, visit the social centers, alternative places and so on. Shower: Another annoyance is the shower, which has this rather odd pattern of suddenly getting very hot, and then getting very cold repeating every 3 minutes or so. Social element: There's no room for socialising, unlike a previous hostel I stayed at. You can only socialise in the room you sleep in, and that means that if people decide to do that when other people are trying to sleep, not everyone will be happy, or people are encouraged not to interact with one another and just mind their own business which, arguably, is a bit sad. Staff: Some of the staff seemed rather careless about your existence, ie. not very welcoming and helpful, but if you don't need their help then I guess it doesn't make that much of a difference. Ventilation/Temperature: For 10 people in one room, one small window is perhaps too little, with no other ventilation present. I can imagine that it would get rather hot during the summer, at full capacity. Even in my case, staying in October and the room being at 40% capacity the room got fairly hot. Various: Positive: No curfew. (does any hostels actually have that?) I didn't notice any bedbugs? Negative: Some people have complained about the price. I paid around 25 EUR per night excluding the city tax, for a normal weekday. Weekends are twice that price. For me that seemed in the same ballpark as the other offers available, but if you pay considerably more for your stay here, maybe there's a better alternative. Meta comments: Worthy of noting is that Hostels Club ratings are all set to 60 by default, and there seemingly is no list of what each category means exactly, and where to put what information. For instance, if there were certain practical things that I think the hostel should've taken care of, at which category does this affect the ratings? I'm really not sure what the categories "Entertainment" and "Personality" really encompass?

A very good hotel. Had everything we needed. a bit thin walls and quite some traffic in the hallways. Good and simple breakfast for 5 euros.

a little far away from suquare and redligth street.room was nice and bath you can getting by subway if you dont like to walk.

No problems at all would stay again.

No room where you can sit and read og talk to friends. Very helpfull staff.

Clean rooms, nice staff, decent location. Everything you need but not too luxorious. Definently worth the money!

Unfriendly staff that don't care about you when they find out that you're in a dorm room; poor location 15 min. outside of center; cleaner than other hostels; great breakfast.

The bathroom is used by 20 people, and there is only one on each floor, so it is always dirty and may not be available in an emergency, if someone walks across the room, the floor is moving, moving beds, everything is moves, furniture, carpets, etc.. are in very bad condition. It is expensive value for money, but Amsterdam is a very expensive city. It is 10 minutes walk to downtown. And it has no parking as stated in the specifications, the staff is friendly.

i'm from colombia. i think this hostel is good, is not the best but if you want to be confortable and save this hostel could be your best option, even you can find very close the heineken experience, hard rock and in front of the hostel the river with a lot of bridges on it. the personal of the hostel is friendly and their can help you!!

VERY expensive, dirty shower, no service included. Staf was great however

A VERY UNSAFE HOSTEL! When we stayed, somebody easily made is way inside the hostel, walked up three floors to the rooms, broke some lockers and stole a few luggages with no problem whatsoever! DO NOT LEAVE ANYTHING in the rooms!

Overbooking problem. They move us to Hostel Continental!!!

It wasn't the cleanest place I've ever visited, nor it was very close to the city center but it was relatively cheap and everyone was quiet friendly.

very good hotel. very good service. staff very reserved. very thanks

They charged 10 euros more than the price i got from hostels-club. They said it was because of the taxes.

Very nice and professional guy at the reception. The room was 4 beds but ok, even though the windows were on the undeground level. The breakfast could've been included. The city tax is not included in the price (2Eur) which i think is not fair... But overall ok...

On the receipt that I got online, it was said that I must pay the rest of my fee was 49.50USD. But the receptionist in this hotel asked me to pay more 2.50usd for tax because I am international customer and said that there is problem in internet. I was very dissapointed.

Great Hotel a little outside downtown.